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I have always wondered what makes scratch card games so attractive for people. I believe it is a combination of things: a wide variety of scratch cards to choose from, great and appealing themes, cheap tickets and the possibility to make loads of money in an instant. You will probably agree with me that the last item is the most important of all and what makes the whole scratch games experience so enticing.The first thing you have to do in order to make your dream of start rolling in money true is to choose a scratchcard site. Nowadays, there are countless sites you can choose from to play and spend a relaxing day sitting by your computer.Once you have selected the scratch card site, you are ready to start experiencing the online gaming world. You are then supposed to select the scratch cards you like. Once you have opted for one, I would recommend you first play in practice mode and then I would tell you to start playing for real. It would also be great if you press the Auto Play button, which will give the chance of seeing how the computer goes about the game. This will surely give you a clear picture of what you are expected to do and how you are supposed to reveal your prize. This is the most important part of all!After you have read the rules, played for a bit and finally got the hang of it, it would be great to make your deposit and start playing for real. No matter which scratch ticket you have chosen, you will always have to scratch off different panels in order to reveal winning combinations and prizes. There are sites that will even make you select a scratching tool to do so, which makes the game even more exciting!By purchasing scratch tickets online you make sure you will get instant prizes. If you were as lucky as to get a winning combination or hit the jackpot, your prize will immediately be available for you to cash it out. You can also have access to instant money if you play free scratch cardsYou cannot possibly miss the opportunity of enjoying scratch cards for free and getting money at the same time. Yes, although you cannot believe this, it is totally true. Some sites will let you play without depositing money in your account, and will give you instant prizes for it! Check them out!

When we refer to online games we are normally referring to video type games that we play on a computer via the internet. Some video games are played over the internet using mobile phones and video consoles, but generally speaking online games means computer games that need an internet connection to be played. Simple text-based multiplayer games were the first of these types of games as internet connections were slow and expensive when these games were first introduced in the 1980s. Gradually these games became popular in the 1990s, with today’s online games featuring virtual communities, realistic graphics and multiplayer games where people can even play one to one or in knock out tournaments for cash prizes. We all know that the internet is the fastest growing market place in the history of the world but did you know that there is an online games sector that is growing 4 times faster than the internet overall! Yes! and it’s the “Online Skill Games” market.There are many styles of Online GamesSome of the different types of online games that exist:1. Real time strategy games: This type of game is all about strategy where, for your army to fight successfully against the other internet players you need to develop a game plan by building lots of resources2. First person shooter: Here the players compete with each other one to one. In most first-person type games, the online game allows the death match or arena style of play. In this style of game play the view you see is the one seen from your character’s eyes.3. Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Games (MMORPG): In this type of game each person has to keep trying to reach the next highest level until he has reached the top one written for that game and these online games can have, simultaneously, thousands of players from every part of the globe, playing in a giant virtual world interacting against or with each other. Gamers can keep playing these types of games for months or even years!4. Browser type games: These are pastime games that are quick, simple and small that are played in your browser. The popular Java and Shockwave technologies are used to develop these games.5. Online skill games: An online skill based game is a web game played in tournament format or one to one. Each player pays a cash entry fee to play with a cash or merchandise prize going to the winner or winners. The outcome of each competition is based on the player’s ability and performance not luck.How Do Online Game Companies Make MoneyAll games today, are playable online. How do we make money? This is the question that companies making the online games have to ask themselves. The majority of companies make single-player games that are played at home and in this the player has to beat the artificial intelligence of the enemy. Today these games normally include an online multiplayer version which can be played against or with other Internet players. By selling their game DVD/CDs is how these companies earn their profit e.g. Warcraft 3 and Counter Strike. Advertising and promotions is how browser game companies make their money. MMORPG companies generally charge their players a monthly fee and continue to add content by programming new scenarios etc in their games e.g. Everquest 2 and World of Warcraft. Some don’t, but survive because their DVD/CD sales are high e.g. Guild Wars.What is the future of online games?Soon there will be a new entry into the online skill games market. According to their Free Online Games Market Report they will be the first company with their new online skill games platform, to launch a business that encapsulates three of the newest phenomena on the internet today. Online Games Entertainment, Social Networking using web 2.0 and a new way of marketing which has been described as Social Marketing 2.0. One of the core differences with this new platform over the conventional models is that we the players can if we want share in the profits while we play our games. With the market today (2007) worth approximately $5.2 billion USD and predicted to rise in the next 3 years to over $13 billion USD that’s $412 per second and with social networking sites already reaching 45% of web users and the 4 major Instant Messengers having more than 400 million users between them this potentially could be a whole lot of money.